The Research Centre International Economics – FIW announces its 17th Research Conference ‘International Economics’ and invites the submission of (full) working papers to be presented at the conference.
The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for economists working in the field of ‘International Economics’ to present recent research.
Papers from Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions are particularly welcome as the conference aims to support and encourage young economists by providing an opportunity to present their work to fellow junior economists as well as experienced senior researchers.
The conference also aims at bringing together researchers and policy makers to provide a forum for discussion on how empirical evidence can more effectively inform actual economic policy making.
REGISTRATION
We kindly ask for Registration until February 17: https://www.fiw.ac.at/en/signupforms/6689/
There is no conference fee, however FIW does not cover travel or accodomation costs. For any questions please contact the FIW-Project Office: fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at
TIME & LOCATION
The 17th FIW Research Conference on ‘International Economics’ will take place on Thursday, 20th February 2025 and Friday, 21st February 2025 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Program
POLICY PANEL: “Geopolitical Shifts and Global Trade: The Role of the WTO and U.S. Leadership”
Venue: EA-Foyer
February 20, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Panelists:
- Ignacio García Bercero (Bruegel)
- Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO)
- TBC
- Moderation: Harald Oberhofer (FIW, WU Vienna, WIFO)
KEYNOTE LECTURE I: The Future of Trade in a Fragmenting World
February 21, 2025, 09:30 a.m.
Professor Meredith Crowley (Unviersity of Cambridge)
Meredith A. Crowley is a Professor and Deputy Chair of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of St. John’s College, and a Research Coordinator at the Janeway Institute at Cambridge. She is President of the International Economics and Finance Society, a co-investigator of the publicly-funded Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR – London), and a member of the Scientific Advisory Councils of CEPII and the Kiel Institute. Her research on international trade, multinational trade agreements, and trade policy has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the American Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the European Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of International Economics and World Trade Review. She has over 100 media citations or appearances, including the BBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times.
KEYNOTE LECTURE II: Europe and the world economy
February 21, 2025, 15:30 p.m.
Philip Lane (ECB)
Philip R. Lane joined the European Central Bank as a Member of the Executive Board in 2019. He is responsible for the Directorate General Economics and the Directorate General Monetary Policy. Before joining the ECB, he was the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. He has also chaired the Advisory Scientific Committee and Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board and was Whately Professor of Political Economy at Trinity College Dublin. He is also a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he was awarded a PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1995 and was Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University from 1995 to 1997, before returning to Dublin. In 2001 he was the inaugural recipient of the Bernácer Prize for outstanding contributions to European monetary economics.
ORGANISATION
The 17th FIW-Research Conference ‘International Economics is organized by FIW with support from the Program Committee and the Austrian Federal Ministries for Education Science and Research (BMBFW) and Labour and Economy (BMAW).
ABOUT FIW
The FIW – Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Innsbruck, WIFO and wiiw. FIW is grateful for financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministries for Education, Research and Science (BMBFW) and Labour and Economy (BMAW).
Questions may be addressed to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at or alexander.hudetz@wifo.ac.at.
Attendance of the FIW Research Conference is free of charge.
The conference language is English. Travel expenses will not be refunded.
AWARDS
Two prizes for the best contributions to the Research Conference will be awarded – the ‘Best Conference Paper Award 25’ and the ‘Young Economist Award 25’. Each award is worth € 1000.
The ‘Young Economist Award 25’ is intended for Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions. To be considered for this award all authors of the paper have to be 34 or younger at the time of submission.
TOPICS COVERED
The broad topic of the conference is ‘International Economics’. This includes, inter alia, International Trade, International Factor Movements, Economic Integration, Effects of international economic activities on Climate Change, Trade Policy, International Trade Organizations, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Multinational Firms, Global Value Chains, International Macroeconomics and other related fields.
Program Committee
Harald Oberhofer (FIW, WU Vienna, WIFO)
Julia Bachtrögler-Unger (WIFO)
Marta Bisztray (KTRK, Budapest)
Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma (WU Vienna)
Alejandro Cunat (University of Vienna)
Peter Egger (ETH Zürich)
Katharina Erhardt (HHU Düsseldorf, DICE)
Harald Fadinger (University of Vienna)
Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO, WU Vienna)
Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich)
Jochen Güntner (JKU Linz)
Michael Irlacher (JKU Linz)
Inga Heiland (University of Oslo)
Brigitte Hochmuth (University of Vienna)
Mario Holzner (wiiw)
Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth)
Dalia Marin (TU Munich)
Karin Mayr-Dorn (JKU Linz)
Birgit Meyer (WIFO)
Katrin Rabitsch (WU Vienna)
Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck)
Robert Stehrer (wiiw)
Julia Spornberger (University of Hohenheim)
Roman Stöllinger (TU Delft)
Gabriele Tondl (WU Vienna)
Joschka Wanner (University of Würzburg)
Yvonne Wolfmayr (WIFO)
Questions may be addressed to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at or alexander.hudetz@wifo.ac.at.
The conference programme will be published on https://www.fiw.ac.at and https://conference2025.fiw.ac.at
Attendance of the FIW Research Conference is free of charge.
The conference language is English. Travel expenses will not be refunded.
